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PAUL W. DAVIS AND DONA M. DAVS, OF HOOKER, OKLAHO'MA.

HARVESTER.

Application filed January 17, 1923. Serial No. 613,233,

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatwe, PAUL WT. Davis and DONA M. DAVIS, citizens of theUnited States of America, and residents of Hooker, in the county ofTexas and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and usefullinprovements in Harvesters, of lwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harvesting machinery, and particularly to adevice intended for usein connection with harvesting machines to makethem better adapted for cutting milo maize, and an object of thisinvention is to provide novel lmeans for guiding the stalks to thecritter and `for inclining the stalks slightly during the cuttingaction.

The invention furthermore has for an object the provision of a guard ateach end of the cutter, effective to prevent grain from being` lost atthe ends of the header.

It is a further object of this invention to provide the gathering ngerswith tines, and preferably the alternate fingers are provided with tinesnear the ends, whereas thc other lingers are provided with tines atpoints about half way between the two ends of the guard, although theproportions in this respect may be changed to suit particularrequirements, and the inventors do not wish to be limited with respectthereto.

It is a further object of this invention to produce fingers havingbraces, with novel means for securing the braces in place, the wholeconstituting an improvement on the harvester invented by us and whichforms the subject of a Patent No. 1,443,872, dated. Jan. 30, 1923.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention :in detail, reference will be had to theaccon'ipanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of a. headerplatform with devices embodying the invention applied thereto; and

Figure 2 illustrates a top plan view thereof.

In these drawings, 5 denotes the platform having preferably a wooden bar6 secured underneath the header platform and ex tending` approximatelythe full width of the said platform. rlhe cutter T is associated withguard fingers 8 having reduced forward ends which lit in eyes 9, thesaid eyes being anchored to the guiding auxiliary fingers 10 in anysuitable manner, as by riveting. llach guiding auxiliary linger has itsinner end secured in correlated position to the cutter in order that thevegetation guided by the guiding auxiliary Enger may be directed to thecutter. rl`he guiding auxiliary lingers are of irregular contour in thatthey extend approximately horizontally for a distance from the cutterand are then curved upwardly and rather abruptly dropped at theirforward ends so that they will engage the stalks relativelyv close tothe ground. y

The guiding auxiliary lingers havev upwardly curved portions or humps 12near their outer ends and alternate guiding auxiliary lingers have tines13 attached to them at or about the location of the said humps. Theother guiding auxiliary lingers of the series have tines 14 that arepositioned well rearwardly of the forward ends of the guiding auxiliaryfingers and the said tines havn` Shanks A that pass through the guidingauxiliary fingers and the braces 15 whereby the braces are anchored tothe guiding auxiliary fingers. Each tine furthermore has a shoulder Bthat rests on a finger and the end of the shank that is extended throughthe brace is upset to form an anchorage. The braces may be of anyappropriate contour, and the inventors do not wish to be limited in thisrespect, nor to the manner of anchoring the said braces, but in thepresentembodiment of the invention, the braces are attached to the bar 6by fastenings 16, which may be in the nature of bolts. screws or thelike, according to the wishes of the manufacturer.

In operation, the tines of the invention serve to retain or arrest headsof grain that have been cut from the stalks and in some manner haveescaped the reel. the said tines serving to retain the stray headsmomentarily until other' heads pass between the lingers and carry thestray heads rearwardly onto the canvas.

The position of the brace is such that the pressure of the guidingauxiliary linger on it is nearly in a line with the length of the saidbrace, and therefore, it will serve of each rests against the divideboard ofV the header, and each guard .is secured to one of the outsldefingers 1n any suitable manner, as by rivets 17a.

The extension frame 1S and the diagonal guides 19 are provided, and thediagonal guides are connected by a cross bar 2O which is `attached to.the guides by fastenings 21 such as pins, bolts lor the like, which maybe inserted in the apertures 2Q, and therefore, the cross bar may beadjusted to different positions to operate properly in conjunction withgrain of different heights.

We claim:

l. In a harvester, a header platform, a cutter, guiding auxiliaryfingers having their inner ends secured in positions near the cutter,the said guiding auxiliary fingers extending outwardly and havingdepending outer ends, guard ngers, means for anchoring the guidingauxiliary fingers to the guard lingers, braces having their outer endsseemed te the guiding auxiliary lingers, means for anchoring the innerends of the braces to the header platform, tines on the said guidingauxiliary fingers and projecting thereabove, the tines being locatednear the outerends of the alternate guiding auxiliary lingers and atpositions more remote from the forward ends of the said guidingauxiliary lingers on those remaining.

2. ln .a harvester, a header platform, a cutter, guiding auxiliaryfingersV having their inner ends secured in positionsnear the cutter,the ysaid guiding auxiliary fingers extending outwardly and havingdepending outer ends, guard lingers, means for anchoring the guidingauxiliary fingers to the guard fingers, braces having their outer endssecured to the guiding auxiliary llingers, means for anchoring the innerends of the braces to the header platform, tines on the 'said guidingauxiliary fingers and projecting thereabove, the tines being` locatednear the outer ends of the alternate guiding rauxiliary fingers and atpositionsr more remote from the forward ends of the said guidingauxiliary fingers on those remaining, and plates at the ends of theAcutter for preventing the escape of grain `from the header.

' PAUL W. DAVIS. DONA M DAVIS.

